there was no question in my mind that she was at least the equal or was going to blow past both gloria estefan and madonna. >> people predicted she was going to be a huge, huge star. >> when did you know you wanted to be a performer? >> very young. i started singing when i was six and a half and recorded my first record when i was eight years old. abraham, selena's father, created this band with his kids, named it selena y los dinos. my father had this really good job and he was about 81. the economy went down. we went under. we had to file for bankruptcy. we lost everything. so that's how we got into the music as a profession. that was our way of putting bread and butter on the table. >> the band starts touring and every weekend los ninos are out there playing on the toronto circuit. >> her father was her manager. >> her brother, a.b., played a bass and her sister suzette played the drums. >> and later she fell in love with and wound up marrying her guitar player, chris perez. it's great to have somebody that i can share all this good stuff with selena and i recorded for capitol emi latin dur

sunshine band's "get down tonight"] but y'all, by 1985, the miami sound machine, led by emilio and gloria estefang latin beats with popular music in a way that no one had heard before. and the city--i mean, the world took notice. by 1997, every major music label had opened offices in miami, all looking for amazing latin talent like shakira, ricky martin, jennifer lopez, and marc anthony. by 2022, latin music brought in a billion dollars of revenue. today i'm meeting a young musician named elena rose. for years she's been making waves behind the scenes as a songwriter, but look out. she's about to blow up. pleasure to meet you. - welcome to miami. - heard so much about you. - i've seen a lot about you. - i've seen a lot about you too. you're killing it. killing the music industry. - thank you, man. i just signed with warner label. - that's incredible. - latin. so i'm very excited. - elena was born in miami to venezuelan parents, and spent most of her childhood in venezuela and puerto rico. but it was pr that inspired her love affair with music. - i grew up in bayamón in puerto rico. every day, we

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